The Aspern Papers and Other Tales, Paperback - Henry James

An impressive new selection of Henry James's short stories, edited by Pulitzer Prize-nominated James biographer Michael Gorra This volume gathers s...

A wonderful new collection of Henry James's short stories about Americans in Europe Daisy Miller is one of Henry James's great heroines: a young, i...

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury. The Turn of the Screw is the classic ghost story for which J...

Reducere. Violets and Other Tales (1895) is a collection of stories and poems by Alice Dunbar Nelson. While working as a teacher in New Orleans, Dunbar Nelso...

Savage tales of Conan the Barbarian by blockbuster creators First, visionary artist Esad Ribic writes and illustrates the never-before-told story o...

Reducere. Young readers will delight in these three charming puppy stories from Holly Webb. Features The Lost Puppy, The Secret Puppy, and Leo All Alone.

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. The Happy Prince stars the statue of the Prince, who persuades a swall...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "Wilde's first authentic work...marked the beginning of his true creativity...Wilde's stories are splendid." -Jeanette Winterson "...partly for chi...

The effects of Absolute Carnage are felt across the Marvel Universe The late Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross was once the Red Hulk - and briefly bonded...

DescriptionA classical work of philosophy that has inspired readers around the world for generations. Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil ...

The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland. They vividly present Conrad's...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In this collection of Roald Dahl's finest stories we meet some quite ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways. There is a man who is sure h...

Reducere. In The Great Plains, Katie Schmidt thinks she is ordinary but is far from it. To change her fortunes she decides to get false fingernails, brighter...

Reducere. This volume includes eight tales in new translations by David Magarshack: The Singers, Bezhin Meadow, Mumu, Assya, First Love, Knock...Knock...Knoc...

DescriptionTHIS IS A SERIES OF TALES, MOSTLY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, ABOUT THE SHORT RHODESIAN COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO 1980, AFTER WHICH TIME THE COU...

A ?Boomer Generation? Indian, raised on the reservation in the past, writing of the evolution of Indians today. Ancestors and traditions color toda...

Reducere. The third book of our well-received Speculative Japan series, this volume brings more outstanding authors from the Japanese archipelago to English,...

An eclectic collection of short stories from master manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, beloved creator of Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, and Urusei Yatsura!Publi...

DescriptionThree folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first, a golden turtle offers a kindly ...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 2 collect...

Reducere. "Whatever dreams he was having, Jason knew they had nothing to do with his physical body. His eyes were firmly shut and his consciousness withdrawn...

Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling m...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 4 collect...

Welcome to London, capital of the British Empire, home of the Forever Queen, Her Imperial Majesty Alexandrina Victoria, Empress of India, the Good ...

The tale of Daisy's irruption into staid European society enjoyed, as did Daisy herself, a succes de scandale; and it has remained one of Jamess mo...

Reducere. "It was the straying that found the path direct." - Austin Osman SpareIn the final throes of the Blitz, Austin Osman Spare is the only salvation fo...

Reducere. One of the greatest ghost stories ever told, The Turn of the Screw is now a feature film from Universal Pictures premiering January 24th, produced ...

Reducere. Beautiful, haunting, and grotesque, The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales offers stories reminiscent of traditional Japanese folktales alongside conte...

The finest of all Conrad's tales, Heart of Darkness is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Co...

Reducere. A pioneer of weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) holds a place with Poe and King in the vanguard of great American horror writers. This anth...

Contributor(s): Author: Nathaniel HawthorneEditor: Brian HardingThe first paperback edition to include full annotations of these twenty Hawthorne t...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 3 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 2 collect...

Four well-loved traditional tales that have been retold in line with your child's phonics learning at school. This Read with Oxford Stage 1 collect...

Reducere. The eighteen stories collected in this volume showcase the simple eloquence of a spectacular literary talent. Lu Hsun practically invented modern C...

Whether viewed as a subtle, self-conscious exploration of the haunted house of Victorian culture, filled with echoes of sexual and social unease, o...

Presents a selection from the author's correspondence with presidents and prime ministers, painters, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert ...

Reducere. Florida boasts mysterious tales that stretch back more than twelve thousand years. Dive into the lives of the proud Wakulla Pocahontas and the Ghos...

Reducere. Heroines of Avalon & Other Tales by Ayn Cates Sullivan transports readers into the time of legend and revisits deities and legendary female charact...

Reducere. The fourteen stories in this publication comprise a spectrum of characters and events that have helped forge an image of an island, its people, and...

Few states can match Louisiana in terms of rich history, colorful characters and strange occurrences. It was home to America's first mound builders...

Reducere. Since its start in 1969, the family-owned Henry company had been viewed by the Permian Basin oil community as "a little ol' Spraberry driller, " re...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Henry JamesNumber of pages: 340Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 203 x 129 x 21Cover type: P...